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Rochdale

[ roch-deyl ]

noun

  1. a borough of Greater Manchester, in N England: site of one of the earliest cooperative societies 1844.


Rochdale

/ ˈrɒtʃˌdeɪl /

noun

  1. a town in NW England, in Rochdale unitary authority, Greater Manchester: former centre of the textile industry. Pop: 95 769 (2001)
  2. a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 159 sq km (61 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Wherever "John Bright of Rochdale" was announced to speak, vast crowds assembled.

Tom is a schoolmaster in Rochdale, and he and Will help to support their mother.

I suppose some arrangement has been made with regard to Wymondham and Rochdale.

In a suit undertaken for the recovery of the Rochdale property.

We spent First-day at Rochdale, and in the evening a large number of young Friends took tea with us, between thirty and forty.

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